mien

English

/miːn/

noun

Definitions

(countable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
(countable) A specific facial expression.

Etymology

Derived from French mine (explosive device, expression, appearance).

Origin

French

mine

Gloss

explosive device, expression, appearance

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

miened English
*mina Latin
mina Latin
Miene German
contremine French
mine French
minois French
porte-mine French
mina Spanish, Castilian
mina Polish
mieno Esperanto
mìn Vietnamese
mine Middle French
*mēnis Proto-Celtic
min Breton
mina Crimean Tatar

miened